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Posted: 11/15/2001 5:01:37 PM EDT

sitting here 29 miles from g.w's place wondering how putin likes this severe texas thunderstorm?

Posted: 11/15/2001 5:04:13 PM EDT

[#1]

rain'in like a bitch here too in washington.

Posted: 11/15/2001 5:56:35 PM EDT

[#2]

It is high and dry here in L.A. But we got rained on a couple of days ago. I betcha it is the same storm.

Posted: 11/15/2001 6:17:37 PM EDT

[#3]

I sure am glad I am 40 miles west of the worst of the storm, and not at work tonight.

Posted: 11/15/2001 6:37:21 PM EDT

[#4]

GOOD! I'm glad it finally blew across the gulf of Mexico. Its been driving us Floridians crazy for three days!

Posted: 11/15/2001 7:07:03 PM EDT

[#5]

My company's Austin site was closed down earlier due to a tornado warning.

-Troy

Posted: 11/15/2001 7:15:33 PM EDT

[#6]

Just how does a "bastard" rain compare to a "son of bitch" or "cow pissing on a flat rock" rain ?
[%|]

Posted: 11/15/2001 7:27:35 PM EDT

[#7]

It's between a gully-washer and a frog-strangler.

Posted: 11/15/2001 7:30:56 PM EDT

[#8]

Rainman...is that Washington as in DC or state or Washington-on-the-Brazos?

Posted: 11/15/2001 8:35:12 PM EDT

[#9]

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My company's Austin site was closed down earlier due to a tornado warning.

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Tornado hopped right over the top of my place of work. Came right up I-35. Couple of guys said they saw the rotation in the clouds but it was raining too hard for me to see anything.

I think we've had some crazy amount of rain >10 inches this evening.

Posted: 11/15/2001 8:55:50 PM EDT

[#10]

City of Austin declared an Emergency Alert (or something like that) for the first time in 21 years. This one was pretty bad.

Posted: 11/15/2001 8:56:41 PM EDT

[#11]

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My company's Austin site was closed down earlier due to a tornado warning.

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Tornado hopped right over the top of my place of work. Came right up I-35. Couple of guys said they saw the rotation in the clouds but it was raining too hard for me to see anything.

I think we've had some crazy amount of rain >10 inches this evening.

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MAN! Our Austin office was at 101 E. 6th, but we just moved to 601 E. 6th at the corner of Congress! I hope things are okay there.

Posted: 11/16/2001 12:55:08 AM EDT

[#12]

I was in the Target at Lamar and BenWhite when the loudpeaker came on, "Uh, theres a tornado coming this way. Should be here in 5 min.". Now that sucked. There was no where to go in that place. Waited it out. Never came. Rained like a mofo though. Nice having a jacked-up 4wd at times like this.

Posted: 11/16/2001 1:06:37 AM EDT

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I was in the Target at Lamar and BenWhite when the loudpeaker came on, "Uh, theres a tornado coming this way. Should be here in 5 min.". Now that sucked. There was no where to go in that place. Waited it out. Never came. Rained like a mofo though. Nice having a jacked-up 4wd at times like this.

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You ever wonder if ANY of those people have ANY kind of disaster plan at all? There is your answer.

Posted: 11/16/2001 9:22:44 PM EDT

[#14]

I work in one of the Southpark office buildings at Ben White and I-35. We spent about 30 minutes in one of the stairwells. At one point, I peeked out the window and the rain was blowing sideways. I never did see a tornado, but lots of people said that one touched down quite close.

Posted: 11/16/2001 9:25:18 PM EDT

[#15]

My wife's boss lost her car (an SUV) in the flooding at Lamar & 10th and had to be pulled out of the window by a firefighter.

Posted: 11/16/2001 10:31:23 PM EDT

[#16]

I run a pickup route for Fed Ex, from 35th to Spicewood springs, Mopac to 360. It was all I could do to keep on the road. Bull Creek @ 2222 & 360 was closed and all traffic routed to Mesa dr, lotsa stalled cars along 2222.
Borg

Posted: 11/17/2001 2:27:56 AM EDT

[#17]

With all these people we should get a shoot going. See you at the gun show.

Posted: 11/17/2001 3:25:49 AM EDT

[#18]

Can't you Texas guys do any better than,"...raining like a bastard."?

How about "like a cow pissin' on a rock", or something like that?

Posted: 11/17/2001 4:13:22 AM EDT

[#19]

Perhaps he not a native Texan.

Guz

Posted: 11/17/2001 4:33:14 AM EDT

[#20]

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It's between a gully-washer and a frog-strangler.

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Not bad.

Posted: 11/17/2001 8:29:27 AM EDT

[#21]

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With all these people we should get a shoot going. See you at the gun show.

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Which gun show? Where?

A shoot sounds like a great idea. I have a brand new FAL that I have not had a chance to shoot yet. (But am going to sight it in this weekend at a friend's place in Dripping Springs [:)] )

Posted: 11/17/2001 8:45:23 AM EDT

[#22]

It rained pretty damn hard up here in Round Rock, and we did have to temporarily move to another area of the building due to fear of a tornado! My desk is on a row with windows about 50 feet away in either direction!

I'm glad I only live about 10 minutes from work!

Gunshow is this weekend?? DAMN... I'm broke and don't get paid for another week! For those in the Austin area that don't know about it, it's on 290 just east of 35 in the old Best building (right before the Volvo dealer). Just look for all the pickup trucks jammed in a parking lot!